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Photograph of a statue with inscribed base at Dunhuang Mogao Caves taken by Raghu Vira in 1955.
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1955
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height 6 centimetres, width 6 centimetres
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Scope and content : Photograph of a statue with base inscribed with Chinese and ?Brahmi at Dunhuang Mogao Caves taken by Raghu Vira in 1955. The image shows part of the Brahmi inscription. A partial freize of carved Buddhas survives above. Print at Photo 1274/1(13). Raghu Vira's notes a third image of this, but the negative envelope indicates that it is lost.
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DHMG.
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n/a
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Short description : Mogao Caves near Dunhuang
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